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mySQL Installation problem

I am trying to install Mysql as per your instructions on "Building a Database-Driven Web Site using PHP & MySQL. On my Linux 7.1 PPC.

I followed all the instructions and everything went fine (the server said it was up and running) until I tried to add the mysql.server script into /etc/rc.d/init.d/

I copied the file into the desired location did the chmod command and made the other files S99mysql in directories rc3.d and rc5.d but upon restart when I go to see if mysql server is running (bin/safe_mysqd --user=mysqlusr & I get "No such file or directory"
and the same message when I try to "bin/mysqladmin -u root status" to see if its running from start up.

This is the first time I've ever compiled an app from scratch (I'm a real newby!) any help or ideas greatly appreciated - sorry if this is the wrong forum for this question.